For you will be aa delightful land,”
Says the Lord of hosts.
The People Complain Harshly
Says the Lord,
“Yet you say,
‘What have we spoken against You?’
‘It is useless to serve God;
What profit is it that we have kept His ordinance,
And that we have walked as mourners
Before the Lord of hosts?
For those who do wickedness are1 raised up;
They even btempt God and go free.’ ”
A Book of Remembrance
And the Lord listened and heard them;
So ca book of remembrance was written before Him
For those who fear the Lord
And who1 meditate on His name.
“On the day that I make them My bjewels.
And cI will spare them
As a man spares his own son who serves him.”
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American Standard Version
Ye have said, It is vain to serve God; and what profit is it that we have kept his charge, and that we have walked mournfully before Jehovah of hosts?
Amplified® Bible
You have said, It is useless to serve God, and what profit is it if we keep His ordinances and walk gloomily {and} as if in mourning apparel before the Lord of hosts?
Contemporary English Version
Here is what you have said: "It's foolish to serve the LORD God All-Powerful. What do we get for obeying him and from going around looking sad?
Darby English Version
Ye say, It is vain to serve God; and what profit is it that we keep his charge, and that we walk mournfully before Jehovah of hosts?
Good News Bible
You have said, 'It's useless to serve God. What's the use of doing what he says or of trying to show the LORD Almighty that we are sorry for what we have done?
King James Version
Ye have said, It is vain to serve God: and what profit is it that we have kept his ordinance, and that we have walked mournfully before the LORD of hosts?
New American Standard Bible
"You have said, `It is vain to serve God; and what profit is it that we have kept His charge, and that we have walked in mourning before the LORD of hosts?
New International Version
"You have said, 'It is futile to serve God. What did we gain by carrying out his requirements and going about like mourners before the LORD Almighty?
New King James Version
You have said,
'It is useless to serve God;
What profit is it that we have kept His ordinance,
And that we have walked as mourners
Before the LORD of hosts?
N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
"You have said, 'We consider it vain to serve God; and what profit do we have in keeping His charge, and that we have walked in mourning before the LORD of hosts?
Revised Standard Version
You have said, 'It is vain to serve God. What is the good of our keeping his charge or of walking as in mourning before the LORD of hosts?
Young's Literal Translation
Ye have said, `A vain thing to serve God! And what gain when we kept His charge? And when we have gone in black, Because of Jehovah of Hosts?
New English Translation
You have said, ‘It is useless to serve God. How have we been helped1 by keeping his requirements and going about like mourners before the Lord who rules over all?2
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